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Australia has banned 3 ‘forever chemicals’ – but Europe wants to ban all 14,000 as a precaution

By Bhavna Middha, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Sociology, RMIT University
Ralph Horne, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor in Research & Innovation, RMIT University
Vincent Pettigrove, Professor of Aquatic Ecology, RMIT University

It’s taken years for Australia to ban three types of forever chemicals. But Europe plans to ban thousands of these chemicals to avoid future issues.

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